Tastes and Temptations: Food and Art in Renaissance Italy by Varriano, John - 2009

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First edition hardcover with dust jacket, published by University of California Press, 2009. Signed by the author on the title page, with an inscription for the former owners, dated 2009. An in-depth examination of the role that food plays in the art of Renaissance Italy. using many examples and illustrated throughout with color reproductions of the art. 259 pages with Index, Bibliography, and Notes. Sturdy off-white cloth covered boards, with the author name and title imprinted on the spine in gold. Sewn binding is tight and square. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. There is some sun fading to the spine of the jacket. No further writing besides the author signature/inscription. Edges of the text block are clean. Very slight bump to the back right corner of the cover board. The attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory, not a stock photo.

Berkeley/Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. White cloth with titles in gilt. 259 pages, index. Numerous color illustrations. Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a crease to the inside front flap. Jacket is in a mylar protector. "Drawing from period recipes and menus, Varriano considers the many, often suprising ways that cooks and artist converged and dew from one another's worlds." [Liner notes]

University of California Press. Used - Like New. 2009. 1St Edition. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. xi & 259 pp. Illustrated. Fine. (Subject: Renaissance Art).

Berkeley: University of California Pre. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 259 pp., California Studies in Food and Culture series. .

University of California Press, 2009-11-01. Hardcover. Good.

Berkekey: University of California Press, 2009. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 259pp. Illustrated

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009 . First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 8vo. pp.260.""This title features fruits and vegetables as erotic metaphors in still life paintings, the Florentine Baptistry that is replicated in sausage and cheese by Andrea del Sarto, a recipe for fish that is molded in the shape of a goat, and the discovery of an Ovidian scene at the bottom of a soup bowl. A…

University of California Press , 2009 Unread and unmarked hardback, faint small smudge at the top text block edge near the spine and foot of spine slightly creased with other minor imperfections. The dust jacket is very near fine. Publisher University of California Press 2009. First edition, first printing.. First Edition. Hard Cover.